Comments on: ‘Jerusalem must remain undivided unless it is divided’ http://fresnozionism.org/archives/946 A pro-Israel voice from California's Central Valley Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ME http://fresnozionism.org/archives/946#comment-6161 ME Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:44:45 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/946#comment-6161 I agree with Shalom that the politicians and leaders of Israel and America were ambiguous on the issue of Jerusalem. Israeli soldiers are probably best able to take a more decisive stance on the issue. I agree with Shalom that the politicians and leaders of Israel and America were ambiguous on the issue of Jerusalem.

Israeli soldiers are probably best able to take a more decisive stance on the issue.

]]> By: Shalom Freedman http://fresnozionism.org/archives/946#comment-6160 Shalom Freedman Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:16:48 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/946#comment-6160 The present Israeli Prime Minister , or at least important people close to him, like Haim Ramon, have said things very similar to what Obama has said. We know what present Defense Minister Barak offered Arafat in terms of Jerusalem. it was far more than certain peripheral Arab neighborhoods. In other words when Israeli leaders and politicians are themselves 'ambiguous' on this issue, how is it impossible to expect American politicians, even the most friendly ones, to take the position which almost all Israeli leaders once took but many now do not i.e. no compromise whatsoever on Jerusalem, including the peripheral Arab neighborhoods in the greater Jerusalem area. I am not happy about any of this. But it is the old question of how we can expect someone to be more Catholic than the Pope when the Pope himself is not so Catholic. The present Israeli Prime Minister , or at least important people close to him, like Haim Ramon, have said things very similar to what Obama has said.
We know what present Defense Minister Barak offered Arafat in terms of Jerusalem. it was far more than certain peripheral Arab neighborhoods.
In other words when Israeli leaders and politicians are themselves ‘ambiguous’ on this issue, how is it impossible to expect American politicians, even the most friendly ones, to take the position which almost all Israeli leaders once took but many now do not i.e. no compromise whatsoever on Jerusalem, including the peripheral Arab neighborhoods in the greater Jerusalem area.
I am not happy about any of this. But it is the old question of how we can expect someone to be more Catholic than the Pope when the Pope himself is not so Catholic.

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